Unfortunately, Van Gogh’s unique paintings weren’t very popular and he only【小题1】 (sell) one painting in his lifetime. He also thought The Starry Night was a 【小题2】(fail). 【小题3】, the fact remains that The Starry Night is now one of the world’s most famous【小题4】 (painting).

“I just made it to the South Pole!”

Meet Harpreet Kaur Chandi, also known as Polar Preet, the 33-year-old who has been making headlines all over the world after【小题1】 (become) the first woman of color to complete a solo expedition across Antarctica.

“The reason【小题2】I chose Antarctica was that Ⅰ didn’t know much about it, and I thought, if I could do something that pushes me so far out of my comfort zone,【小题3】(hopeful) it’ll inspire other people【小题4】(do) the same,” said she.

As a part of her tough expedition, Preet endured temperatures as low as minus 50 degrees Celsius, and wind speeds of up to 96 kilometers per hour. She【小题5】(walk) around 27 kilometers a day, pulling a 90-kilogram sled containing her equipment.

“It was generally windy, and there were only two 【小题6】(day) that I can remember when there was slight wind. There were times when it was so hard, and I just thought “This is the 【小题7】(tough) thing I’ve ever done, how am I going to keep going?” And I would break it down and I’d take one step at 【小题8】time, but I never thought, “I’m going to give【小题9】.”

Despite all the hardships and challenges, Preet says that there’s no stopping and that she has started training for【小题10】(she) next adventure.

A sixty-three-year old Chinese grandpa’s traditional carpentry skills are delighting tens of millions of viewers online as he creates woodwork 【小题1】 glue, screws (螺丝钉) or nails.

The Chinese master carpenter, Wang Dewen, known as “Granda Amu” on YouTube, has been nicknamed the modern day Lu Ban, a famous Chinese structural engineer during the Zhou Dynasty, thanks to his vast carpentry knowledge. His most popular video, 【小题2】 shows him making a 【小题3】 (fantasy) arch bridge, went viral on the platform last month, thus 【小题4】 (gain) more than forty-two million views. Grandpa Amu follows an ancient Chinese mortise and tenon (榫卯) technique where no glue or nails 【小题5】 (involve) in the entire process of building the arch bridge.

Grandpa Amu has also made several wooden toys for his grandson using the same technique. He created 【小题6】 looked like the China pavilion (展馆) from the 2010 Shanghai Expo. Among all the 【小题7】 (item), a walking Peppa Pig and a bubble blowing toy are his grandson’s favorites.

Despite the fact 【小题8】 the master carpenter 【小题9】 (draw) over 1.18 million subscribers so far on YouTube, Grandpa Amu 【小题10】 (insist) that he is not an internet celebrity but just an ordinary farmer.